Richard North Patterson

Richard North Patterson will discuss his new book, "The Devil's Light."

A nuclear bomb is about to explode in a major city whose streets will turn bright with the light of a thousand suns. In his latest, brilliant novel, Richard North Patterson slips into the minds of the mad and messianic and explores what it will mean for all of us if we allow an apocalyptic nightmare to become tomorrow's history-bending reality. Patterson does it again with his gripping storytelling, as "The Devil's Light" grabs you from the first page.

The author graduated in 1968 from Ohio Wesleyan University and in 1971 from Case Western Reserve University's School of Law. He has served as an assistant attorney general from the state of Ohio, a trial attorney for the Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington, D.C. and San Francisco, and was the SEC's liaison to the Watergate special prosecutor. He retired from the practice of law in 1993 to devote himself to his writing.

He has a string of bestsellers to his credit including The Lasko Tangent, Degree of Guilt, Eyes of a Child, Balance of Power, Conviction, Exile, The Race, Eclipse, and The Spire.

Copies of the book will be available for purchase and signing for $26.00. Proceeds benefit the Eric Friedheim National Journalism Library, and no outside books will be permitted. Admission is free for NPC members and $5 for non-members.

Reservations are required at 202-662-7523 or [email protected].

--Jan King